Purgatoire Campground

Pretty good camp ground for the area, lots of hiking, fishing and beautiful mountains all around. Road in is all gravel but could easily be done with a car as few potholes and not really any concern for hi-clearance. Camping cost per night feels a bit expensive - $25 per site/night and they charge extra per additional car. There’s a couple vault toilets and a water spigot that is a hand pump but is potable. One huge positive is each site has a large metal bear box. Very convenient for food or really anything storage wise. Thing to note is this campground has a host, was nice and friendly, but also has a website for reservations - probably half of the sites are reserve and the rest are first come first serve. So if you go on a weekend or holiday would strongly recommend reserving well ah

We absolutely love the solitude of this campground, the road up is a little rough but easily done we took our 25' camper with no issues I only wish they had more trash service. There are two vault toilets in the campground that are clean. The trails are great and you can catch brook trout in the North fork. Monument lake down on 12 is also a great fishing lake and only minutes away.

Came here to do a short hike. We didn’t get to finish cause of the weather but the little we did was amazing. The views are really great to take in. Lots of downed trees so wear gloves or use trekking poles. Parking lot is also kind of small so be early. The road to get to the trail head is not smooth at all for low cars so drive with caution.

Beautiful and peaceful experience if you can get to it. The first night the moon was so bright it was almost like daylight. It’s so remote the light pollution is minimal. Luckily with the mountains around, the moon ended up tucking away behind them early morning around 2:30am and the stars just popped out in the clear skies. It was beautiful and I will be back! Be careful leaving the campground and on the nearby highway. There are definitely deer and a huge elk ran in front of me on the highway not 5 miles from the turn to the campground!

Absolutely amazing camping. Some of the best views and scenery. You have a creek that runs down the mountain, next to most camping spots. There are two different camping areas as you travel up the mountain. The first spots are more established. They have benches, fire pits, and I believe one vaul toilet in the area. The second area, is a 4x4 recommend trail that runs up to the peak, you'll find camping spots all over the place as you travel up the mountain. These are primitive sites. No benches, a couple of them have fire pits, otherwise they're just made up of rocks and holes. The views from up top are amazing.